Gambit

Friends? (chapter 3)

(Oliver's Pov)

Its been almost the full week since I started going to Ace Academy and ever since Tuesday ive been going to Flores's room everyday after school to play some rigged card games with him for whatever reason (He still won't tell me). It is Friday now and not much else has happened except for a couple pre tests in some of my easier classes. I hadn't had any problems with Mark either, however I have noticed at times he will scowl at me when I walk past him in the halls or in class. Other then that I have pretty much gotten used to my new school life and it's not so bad now that I think about it.

I woke up the next day to my alarm ringing, I decided to wake up a little earlier today to get breakfast since I have been quite hungry throughout the school day. I groaned as I struggled out of bed to turn my alarm off, once I was up I walked over to the bathroom to take a shower and brush my teeth. After I got out of the shower I put my uniform on and grabbed my bag then walked out of the door. I was still kind of sleepy when I walked out of my dorm, I was looking at the floor listening to a song with one earbud in when I bumped into someone and she dropped all of her books. "Shit, thats my bad." I said quickly trying to pick up her things when I looked up to notice that it was a familiar blonde haired girl stuttering an apology. "You dont have to apologize I was looking down." I said while handing her the things she dropped. I then quickly took my earbuds out and apologized again and then quickly walked towards the elevator. I dont know what I was thinking because she was going to the same place as me I'd assumed so it was a really awkward elevator ride.

"You aren't usually up this early, Not that I watch you or anything!" She said stuttering a lot after the elevator arrived at the first floor. "I wanted to get breakfast." I responded to her calmly. "Sorry, I just walk past your dorm everyday around this time and no one up here ever leaves this early." Olivia said which shocked me that she spoke so many words to me in one sentence. I noticed she is always in this elevator going to the top floor every time I see her so I figured that she also lives on the top floor. We made a little bit of small talk as we walked towards the cafeteria together, but it was really busy when we got there. We both stood in the line and waited for a seat and just ended up sitting at the same table because it was easier then both waiting for our own seats. I didn't get anything special, mainly because I did not have a lot of money to spare. I only had 5 bucks for breakfast and 5 bucks for lunch today so I could only get a small egg and bacon sandwich, Olivia got what looked like a huge 3 course meal though. I obviously knew she had money but it looked like she ordered her food from a 5 star restaurant or something, which kind of made me jealous. "Do you want some, I wont eat all of this." Olivia said probably feeling bad about my small portion of food. "Nah, its okay I dont eat a lot anyway." I said to try to make her not feel bad, but it only made her forcefully put one of her pancakes and some sausage on my tray. I felt bad about taking her food but she assured me it was okay since her parents gave her custom premade orders for everyday and made her eat a lot for every meal.

After we got done with breakfast it was around the time me and Jack started heading to school so I figured I might as well ask. "Hey!" I said, which kind of spooked Olivia, which made me notice that she was still getting used to socializing with people. "sorry." I said quietly, but she just shook her head and said its not my fault. "Do you want to walk with me and my friend to school?" When I asked she looked actually quite happy but she hesitated to answer. "Your friend is really loud and kind of scares me." That is what I expected to hear, I was about to say that it was okay and that she did not have to but she quickly followed up what she was saying. "But I can still walk with you guys, I guess it might be better then walking alone." Now I felt even worse but I was still pretty happy that she had said yes. We cleaned up and walked toward the exit in the large crowd of students, it got to the point where we were fighting through people just to get to the fountain outside the doors. That is when I seen Jack who looked pretty pissed off. "Hey! there you are Oliver, you wont believe what just happened." He said looking like all of his stress was lifted just by seeing me. When he caught up with us he realized I was walking with Olivia, "I see." He then smiled at the both of us.